Hurricane and Spirit may not drill commitment well in 2022
In an announcement issued on Friday last week, Hurricane Energy writes that the company – together with JV partner Spirit Energy – has elected to continue its plans to suspend…
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The Many Ways Fossils Help Decode the Subsurface
From determining how rocks correlate to reconstructing palaeoenvironments and palaeotemperatures, which is relevant to the petroleum geologist, fossils are of great significance to science and industry While there are lots…
The rock doctor
How often do geologists bring a helicopter to land these days? How much time do most professional geologists spend in the field? Probably by far not as much as John…
A consolidation in exploration
More than 1.2 billion barrels of reserves, low operating costs of around 3 $/boe, electrification of almost all operations and a breakeven cost of approximately 10 $/boe: Lundin Energy is…
Representing Geoscience for Over 200 Years
Will the oldest Geological Society in the world continue its mission and if so, where will its home be? The Geological Society was inaugurated in 1807 at a dinner at…
Spirit Norway sold to Sval and Equinor
As this website joked this morning; British Gas owner Centrica should have enough money in the bank to cover the cost of a good Christmas party. The 69% shareholder of…
Shell withdraws from Cambo – a sigh of relief at Westminster?
“The economic case for investment is not strong enough at this time, as well as having the potential for delays,” a Shell spokesperson said in this BBC article published yesterday…
The core of Svalbard
Svalbard is a geological outlier in Norway, as it is a place dominated by sedimentary strata rather than igneous and metamorphic rocks as is the case for the Norwegian mainland.…
Equinor leaves Ireland following sale of stake in Corrib
In a press release issued yesterday, Equinor announced the sale of its 36.5% non-operated stake in the only producing gas field in Ireland – Corrib – to operator Vermillion. After…
Petex 2021 off to a good start
“How is your hobby, Phil?” That’s what Phil Kirk heard from his colleagues a few years ago when CO2 storage projects were being discussed. A quick rewind to the present…
APT and MGPalaeo in Australian oil and gas partnership
“To date, there has been very little innovation in how the oil industry treats gas and lithological data captured from wells being drilled. Typically, the data end up in a…
The prime UK networking event
With a technical programme packed with high-quality talks, an exhibition space for industry operators and service companies and a whole range of fringe events, this three-day event organised by the…